Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (ERI; 東京大学地震研究所 ''Tokyo Daigaku Jishin Kenkyu-jo'') is an institute in affiliation with
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...
. It was founded in 1925. Many fellows research on various topics about
Seismology
Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other ...
and
volcanology
Volcanology (also spelled vulcanology) is the study of volcanoes, lava, magma and related geological, geophysical and geochemical phenomena (volcanism). The term ''volcanology'' is derived from the Latin word ''vulcan''. Vulcan was the anci ...
. The Institute is represented on the national
.
[Organizations with ties to CCEP]
CCEP, accessed 2011-03-19
Organizational structure
*Research Division
**Division of Earth Mechanics
**Division of Geodynamics
**Division of Monitoring and Computational Geoscience
**Division of Disaster Mitigation Science
*Affiliated Center
**Earthquake Prediction Research Center
**Earthquake Observation Center
**Earthquake Information Center
**Volcano Research Center
**Ocean Hemisphere Research Center
*Others
**Outreach Program
**Office of International Earthquake and Volcano Research Promotion
Former directors
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Kiyoo Mogi
was a prominent seismologist. He was regarded as Japan's foremost authority on earthquake prediction
References
External links
ERI Official Website
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Research institutes in Japan
University of Tokyo
Earth science research institutes